Black Lives Matter: Couple draw guns on protesters outside their St Louis mansion

A US couple have been seen pointing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters from the lawn of their palatial mansion.

A video has gone viral of wild scenes when a couple pointed a pistol and an assault rifle at Black Lives Matters protesters in an angry confrontation outside their huge mansion.

Holding the semiautomatic weapon in his two hands while a woman waves a silver hand gun, the man gesticulates and can be heard warning hundreds of protesters off his property.

In one video, the protesters seem to be calm walking on the footpath, not entering the garden. However, in other footage it is possible that some protesters can be seen on his grounds.

Local media have identified the pair as Mark and Patricia McCloskey.

The couple can be seen standing on the forecourt of their massive St Louis, Missouri, mansion telling protesters to get off their perfectly manicured lawns.

A husband and wife hold a pistol and automatic rifle as protesters walk past their house en route to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson's home during a protest march in St. Louis on Sunday, June 28, 2020. Picture: Bill Greenblatt/UPI/Alamy Live News

Barefooted and dressed in capri pants and a striped top Mrs McCloskey points the hand gun towards protesters while her equally shoeless husband, wearing a pink polo shirt and beige slacks swings the rifle from side to side.

Mrs McCloskey, whose law firm biography says she is a member of the Missouri Bar Association ethical review panel, at one point crosses the lawn and stumbles briefly while she has her gun aimed at protesters.

It is unclear whether her pistol or her husband’s semi automatic were loaded.

Patricia McCloskey points a pistol at BLM protesters as they march past her palatial mansion in St Louis, Missouri on Sunday night. Picture: Laurie Skrivan/ St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris/australscope

Husband and wife armed with an assault rifle and a hand gun gesticulate at the Black Lives Matters protesters. Picture: Laurie Skrivan/ St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris/australscope

A couple has come out of their house and is pointing guns at protesters in their neighborhood #StLouis #lydakrewson pic.twitter.com/ZJ8a553PAU

— Daniel Shular (@xshularx) June 29, 2020

Picture: Laurie Skrivan/ St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris/australscope

The protesters can be heard loudly banging drums along with shouts of “Let’s go” and “Keep movin’” as Mr McCloskey yells “You’re not on the property”.

It seems from one video the couple are reacting to people just walking on by. However, a video from another angle (below) does seem to show people at the side of the couple’s house which may mean they are on the grounds. A man can be heard saying “get out, this is private property”.

In this livestream footage you can clearly see the STL black lives matter mob entered through the gate to a private community. This was not a public sidewalk. https://t.co/NeKHgTBWEu pic.twitter.com/UdYq3pGtlb

— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) June 29, 2020

Both lawyers, the McCloskeys run one of St Louis’s premier personal injury law firms.

The faux Renaissance-style home the McCloskeys were videoed defending was featured two years ago in St Louis Magazine after the couple invited photographers in for a photo shoot.

A prominent lawyer, Mrs McCloskey appears to point her weapon at the protesters from across her perfectly manicured lawn. Picture: Laurie Skrivan/ St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris/australscope

Barefoot but armed, the couple came out waving the weapons as the protesters marched through the exclusive neighbourhood. Picture: Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP

The couple run one of St Louis’ premier personal injury law firms and live in an exclusive Missouri suburb.

"Go on...call me Karen. No, go 'head. CALL ME KAREN!" pic.twitter.com/CYtvky1z9S

— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) June 29, 2020

when you are DONE just asking to speak to the manager pic.twitter.com/GbYYGnRBud

— David Mack (@davidmackau) June 29, 2020

Second law of universal gun safety is a thing.

I hope her neighbors check in on her periodically because she lives with a dude who aimed an #AR15 directly at her chest while ostensibly holding trespassers at bay. Sleep with one eye open, St Louis Gun Lady. pic.twitter.com/fZAyOiy3G0

— Anita Dalton (@oddeverything) June 29, 2020

The confrontation happened as a large throng of BLM protesters marched towards St Louis mayor Lyda Krewson’s house, taking them through one of the city’s most exclusive neighbourhoods.

The protesters were walking to Krewson’s house to demonstrate as part of a backlash the mayor is facing for broadcasting on Facebook Live the names and addresses of advocates for defunding the police department.

Their website says they “have devoted their professional careers to assisting those sustaining traumatic brain injury, neck, back, spinal cord and other serious, disabling or fatal neurological injuries”

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